Michael Kors
Michael Kors
Michael Kors is a New York City-based American sportswear fashion designer. He is the honorary chairman and chief creative officer for his company, Michael Kors Holdings Limited, which sells women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories, jewelry, footwear and fragrance. Kors was the first women’s ready-to-wear designer for the French house Celine, from 1997 to 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth9 August 1959
CityLong Island, NY
CountryUnited States of America
In early days, I showed everything I made. There was no such thing as editing a collection. In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over!
I can't dance and I can't sing too well,
Americans are always a little bit insecure.
Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes.
I wasn't Barbie-obsessed. I think my mother might have been my Barbie.
My apartment looks like no one lives in it.
I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.
Put on a trench, you're suddenly Audrey Hepburn walking along the Seine.
Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.
A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit.
It's an unbelievably tight race for hideous today.
I mean you might have wanted Carrie Bradshaw, but to me she's like toddlers and tiaras gone berserk!
Seventy per cent of the clothes you own should be meat and potatoes. Thirty per cent should be icing and fluff - that's colour, pattern, shine, accessories. Too many women get the proportions the other way round, then can't figure out why they can't get dressed.
I love fashion because it's plugged into the zeitgeist, so it's always changing. Thirty years ago, I could never have predicted I'd be where I am today, so I know I don't know what's going to happen in the next five years or the next 20 years. I have my predictions—I'm sure technology will continue to have an impact on fashion, particularly the way people shop. I think quality will be increasingly important—we're moving away from a time of fast fashion. But really, the only constant in fashion is that you must keep moving forward, otherwise you'll be left behind.